...INFORMATION: Plan Liberia Sophie Road, Congo Town Monrovia, Liberia Cell no.: 0886-528-289 E-mail: richard.wiah@plan-international.org CAREER OBJECTIVE: To find a challenging position to meet my competencies, capabilities, education, skills and experience. PERSONAL INFORMATION: NATIONALITY: Liberian RESIDENT OF: Caldwell Road, Bushrod Island, Monrovia BIRTH DATE: May 4, 1980 GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Single PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Feb. 2012 – Present QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER PLAN LIBERIA SOPHIE ROAD, CONGO TOWN MONROVIA LIBERIA DUTIES: *...
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...Deploying the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) Computerize System to Enhance Tax Collection at the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Proposal Topic: This paper will look at the manner in which tax is collected by the Government of Liberia (GOL) through the newly established Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and the impact on the revenue generating capacity of the and proposes possible solutions. Currently, the LRA is using Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) computerize system for its tax collection. This is in line with practices adopted by other countries in the sub-region which comprise countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ASYCUDA was launch in Liberia in July 2009 in order to modernize the tax collection and boast the GOL revenue capacity. However, ASYCUDA has only been launched in Monrovia, where the country has it major port – the Freeport of Monrovia. There has been no significant increase in revenue collection since the launch of the system. Problem: The business problem to so is how to make ASYCUDA available to all ports of entry, train the manpower to operate the computerize system and how to keep it operational in handling volume of transactions regularly. Other ports and custom posts in the country are still using the manual system for tax collection. The manual system provides poor customer service and inconvenience for goods clearance. It also exposes government revenue to theft. The deployment of the ASYCUDA computerize...
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...Economic and Monetary Policy Auditing and Business Concepts Submitted by: Edmore H. Delaney Perspective of the Economic and Monetary Policy Framework of the Republic of Liberia This paper is intended to capture the framework of the economy and monetary policy of the Republic of Liberia and the effectiveness it pursues in the implementation its institutional framework. The economy continues to be plagued by a multiplicity of social, financial and economic challenges which has seen production level of the sector far below prewar levels (Findlay & O’Rourke, 2007). Consequently, the government’s approach has been directed towards vigorous pursuing money and credit supply to stabilize the economy. In order for Liberia to implement a sound economic and monetary policy, the government needs to ensure that a monetary aggregate is achievable. The Central Bank of Liberia in 2005, initiated a program to ensure stability of money demand functions where interest rate and income will significantly have impact on the money demand function (Matthew, 2009). The real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2014, which was initially projected at 5.8%, is estimated to decline to 2.5% or less by the end of the year. According to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning due to the absence of EVD, growth projections in 2014 reflected a weaker economic outturn as compared to the previous year (2013). This growth was driven largely by the expansion...
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...Individual project PHASE 1 Lowell v. DWI By Name For Professor Robert Throop The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business – MGM365-0701A-04 2007 The pending Lowell v. DWI clearly deals with both Private and Public Law. “A Private Law is a contract between two individuals.” (Jennings p. 4) In this case the Private Law was a contract that came into being between Mr. & Mrs. Lowell and DWI booked and or signed the registration forms for their cruise. At the time of booking Mr. & Mrs. Lowell were promising to pay a certain amount of money in exchange of the pleasure of taking a relaxing vacation. By doing do they agreed to the term and regulations of this agreement; entrusting their well being to the cruise ship. DWI also made a promise to look out for the best interest of their client in the forms of comfort, security and safety. “The cruise industry’s highest priority is to ensure the safety and security of its passengers, crew and vessels. The industry has an enviable record when it comes to security and safety and in 1995; the U.S. Coast Guard emphasized that record when stating that passenger vessels are among the safest mode of transportation.” (CLIA) Furthermore; the Private Law also exists between the employees (crew members) and their employers (DWI). Cruise ship employers take steps to ensure that their employees that they intend or will hire are screened. “Each crewmember holds a U.S. seafarers...
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...Natural Rubber Company Firestone and Liberia: Hand in Hand Firestone Natural Rubber Company is an affiliate of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded in 1926. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, and it operates one of the largest rubber plantations in the world in Liberia, Africa. “The Republic of Liberia, on the coast of West Africa, has a population of about 3.5 million. Despite its natural wealth in gems, rubber and timber, it is one of the world’s poorest countries, with an 85 percent unemployment rate and 60 percent of the population under 25 years old.” By the 1920’s and 1930’s, Firestone’s main focus was building power plants, factories, houses, planting trees and hundreds of miles of roads in order to employ thousands of Liberians. Firestone Liberia contributed to the Allied effort during World War II by supplying rubber to the military. In 1926, according to Firestone Natural Rubber company main page, “Firestone leased 1,600 miles of jungle in Liberia for its location, soil and climatic conditions with the goal of producing its own natural rubber.” Now, Liberia is the centerpiece to the world’s largest natural rubber operation. Firestone is trying to rebuild the country after 14 years of civil strife by supporting the community. In 1976, Firestone and the Liberian government resigned a concession agreement in order for the company to continue operation in Liberia. According to the article “Firestone Natural Rubber On Last Leg of...
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...Liberia is the sole country in Africa that was colonized by the United States this is the same country that in the past 20 years has been devastated by war and disease. Can this country come back from a civil war and the devastation of the Ebola virus disease over the past year? Liberia has been subjected to an outbreak of Ebola virus which has sent the country's health care system reeling. The country has made some strides, it has become the first country in Africa to elect a woman as president but with all the strides that have been made can Liberia rebuild their government? Can essential services such as power and electricity be implemented all over the country? Can Liberia survive and rebuild the country? This paper will look at those issues to see if they can. Liberia is a nation in West Africa that lies on the coast close to the Atlantic Ocean. The name Liberia originates from the Latin word "liber" and it implies freedom and alludes to the country's starting point as a settlement of free blacks repatriated to Africa from the United States in the mid nineteenth century (Sherman, 2011). It was built up in 1833 by a gathering of North American liberated slaves supported by the Maryland Colonization Society. The undertaking had a specific enthusiasm for Maryland as the American state with the biggest number of free African Americans. With budgetary help from nearby parts, places of worship, and the assemblies of Border States, the general public paid for the transportation...
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...UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA An Assessment of Tax Policy in Liberia: A Case Study of the Property Tax Division at the Ministry of Finance, 2006 – 2010 BY MORRIS A. KIAZOLU, JR. (BSC – Economics- 1999, BBA – Accounting - 2003) A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Program in Business and Public Administration in Partial Fulfillment as Requirement for Master Degree in Business Administration – MBA/Accounting, UL November 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration i Abstract ii Acknowledgement iv Dedication v 1.0 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Background to the Study 2 1.3 Statement of the Problem 3 1.4 Purpose of the Study 4 1.5 Research Questions 4 1.6 Significance of the Study ...
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...A Business Marketing Plan: Hunger Solution & Training Company MKT 500-Marketing Management John Garven Strayer University, Lower Bucks County Dr. Tony Muscia I n s t r u c t o r September 6, 2012 Contents Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Market Segmentation and Product Positioning #1--------------------------------------------- 5 Marketing Product # 2----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Product Branding, Pricing, and Distribution # 3----------------------------------------------- 12 IMC and Customer Satisfaction # 4---------------------------------------------------------------16 Conclusion Introduction This paper contains a marketing plan of a small production company that is earmarked to be established in Gardnerville, the suburb of Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, my country of origin. The business which is to be named “Hunger Solution & Training Company” derived its name from the decade-long civil war that existed in Liberia that resulted into most of the citizens and other nationals of this country being internally displaced. These people which comprise of men, women, children, and other nationals, moved into the small capital of the country and its suburbs, making it very congested in terms of population. Others fled into neighboring countries like Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Guinea, and Togo. Due to the high rate of unemployment...
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...A Term Paper on UN peacekeeping and the Role of Bangladesh Submitted to: Dr. Syeda Rozana Rashid Assistant professor Department of International Relations Submitted by: Roksana Mohammed(rk-56) Nafisa Noor(km-76) 2nd year 3rd semester Date of submission:11.05.2013 Abstract Peacekeeping operations by the UN are the operations designed to restore or protect the peace in certain areas of conflict. Peacekeeping has proven to be one of the most effective tools available to the United Nation to assist host countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. Bangladesh has contributed the largest amount of troops in the UN peacekeeping operations. Bangladesh’s troops is being praised and honored by world widely because of its efficiency in UN Peacekeeping operations. This term paper is based on the activities of UN Peacekeeping and the role of Bangladesh in the UN peacekeeping missions. Bangladesh Army started its journey in the UN Peacekeeping mission in 1988.Bangladesh Armed Forces has so far participated in 52 Peacekeeping missions in 40 countries. This paper also regards with the view of the performance of troops of Bangladesh in UN peacekeeping missions and the importance of Bangladesh’s role in Peacekeeping mission as the contributor of the highest number of troops. The various issues with the troops of Bangladesh are also provided in the paper. References are also included in this paper. Content * Methodology………………………………………………………………pg-01 ...
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...A Business Marketing Plan: Hunger Solution & Training Company MKT 500-Marketing Management John Garven Strayer University, Lower Bucks County Dr. Tony Muscia I n s t r u c t o r September 6, 2012 Contents Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Market Segmentation and Product Positioning #1--------------------------------------------- 5 Marketing Product # 2----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Product Branding, Pricing, and Distribution # 3----------------------------------------------- 12 IMC and Customer Satisfaction # 4---------------------------------------------------------------16 Conclusion Introduction This paper contains a marketing plan of a small production company that is earmarked to be established in Gardnerville, the suburb of Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, my country of origin. The business which is to be named “Hunger Solution & Training Company” derived its name from the decade-long civil war that existed in Liberia that resulted into most of the citizens and other nationals of this country being internally displaced. These people which comprise of men, women, children, and other nationals, moved into the small capital of the country and its suburbs, making it very congested in terms of population. Others fled into neighboring countries like Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Guinea, and Togo. Due to the high rate of unemployment...
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...her home in despair at age 12. But those who “helped” her run away to a supposedly better life trafficked her to Poland where she was forced to beg on the streets and beaten if she did not make enough money. Sokha was 14 when she was trafficked across the border from Cambodia into Thailand to sell fruit – and was then forced into prostitution when her “boss” found the fruit trade not sufficiently lucrative. And Kwame’s young life embraced a dream when his parents were told he would join a sales business. Instead, he was trafficked to the infamous fishing region around Ghana’s Lake Volta where he was forced to do dirty, dangerous jobs for eight long years. These are the human faces, and the sorrow, of just four of the victims whose terrible plight is highlighted by the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – four young people whose sagas can be multiplied several million-fold. According to the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), two million more people are enslaved each year. Rose finally opened the door in suburban Washington, D.C., and ran shoelesss although it was October and bitterly cold. She called the number of a Cameroonian man who visited her slave owner’s house occasionally and seemed concerned about her. He picked her up hours later. Another Cameroonian took her into his home and she was eventually reunited with other young...
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...Final Paper “Corruption In global Economies” Submitted to: Dr. Bernard Walker PHI421: Applying Ethics to Organization March 11, 2009 Submitted by: Paleh Boye-Weah ID Number: 721260 Cohort: BHE-07 Corruption, according to Rose-Ackerman is a “symptom that something has gone wrong in the management of the state” (Rose-Ackerman, 1999, pg. 9) Corruption rains from top government officials to civil servants and citizens. It causes high level of poverty, as wealth is not equally distributed amongst the people of the nation. Corruption due to exploitation of a country’s natural resources or human labor causes limits on investment and others to suffer as a result of poor circulation of public wealth, and these unethical practices leads to a hurting economy. “The number and variety of countries suffering corruptions scandals in recent years underscore the fact that corruption differs widely in its forms, pervasiveness and consequences”. (Elliott, 1996, Pg.1) Corruption in third world countries reduces economic growth, slows down economic development, and there may also be less severity in developed countries as many may not feel the glitch of corrupt officials or any effect as to whether it is actually occurring. It also benefits the few at the expense of the many; it delays and distorts economic development, preempts basic rights and due process, and diverts services, international aid and the whole economic. (Johnston, 2005, pg. 1) Corruption...
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...African Lemons Tuwain Kolleh Chamberlain College of Nursing Introduction to Business & Technology Professor Christine Epps Introduction There’s a lot that goes into starting a business, especially when you are starting one from scratch. Often time’s people look at successful entrepreneurs and say that they got lucky, not knowing that it took hard work and proper business strategies to get to where that entrepreneur is. The purpose of this paper is to develop a basic premise for a new company, address-branding strategies, importance of a company mission statement, ways that company’s can positively affect their communities, proper way to price products and how to enter your company into a global market. Branding After contemplating on several names for my company, I finally decided to name my lemonade stand African Lemons. Living in one of the top African populated communities in the U.S gives me an edge over other competitors by branding my lemonade stand African Lemons. Us Africans are known for having each other backs no matter what African country you are from. It’s a cultural thing. We rather buy from our native people then people of other cultures. I will also be able to draw other customers with this name due to the fact that African products are usually natural, pure and without artificial preservatives. Many Americans and foreigners love natural products especially for their young ones. Naming is important to the creation of a product/ company...
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...Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL the global coalition against corruption Contents Introduction About the index Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 1 2 4 Transparency International seeks to provide reliable quantitative diagnostic tools regarding levels of corruption, both at the global and local levels. The Corruption Perceptions Index is one of Transparency International’s indices sponsored by Ernst & Young. 176 countries, 176 scores. How does your country measure up? Transparency International is the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, we raise awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and work with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it. www.transparency.org Every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this report. All information was believed to be correct as of December 2012. Nevertheless, Transparency International cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of its use for other purposes or in other contexts. ©2012 Transparency International. All rights reserved. Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 1 About the index Corruption can happen anywhere. When politicians put their own interests above those of the public. When officials demand...
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...This paper depicts the adverse effect of diamonds on the people of Africa. It also addresses the real price of diamonds which it believes to be the lives of millions of Africans. Additionally, it examines the response from the United Nations and question if enough is being done to crack done on the sale of blood diamonds. The famous phrase “Diamonds are Forever” is known to most people all over the world. What most people do not know is where most of these diamonds are coming from and how they came to become perfect gestures of love and romance. Looking at a clear cut diamond ring, it is hard to imagine the possibility of thousands of innocent people being murdered, tortured, and forced to mine for these stones; unfortunately that is the case in Africa. Diamonds in West Africa have been used for the last 30 years to fund rebel groups and their desire to take control of their nations by violence and intimidation. In such conflicted regions of the world, diamonds lose their connotation of beauty and elegance and are stained with blood. In this paper, I will discuss the many ways in which “conflict diamond” has brought nothing but poverty, suffering and war to the West African people. I will further explain what world organizations such as the United Nation have done in order to counteract the adverse effects of the conflict diamond on the African community, and the extent to which such efforts have been successful. Conflict diamonds are diamonds illegally traded...
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